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Start Here Planning and Structuring Chunking Grouping Information So That It's More Easily Understood Communicating in Person Assertiveness Getting What You Want or Need By Working With People, Not Against Them Feedback Meetings Ice Breakers Getting Everyone to Contribute at the Start of a Successful Event Presentations Communicating in Writing Negotiation, Persuasion and Influence Difficult Communication Situations Role Playing Preparing for Difficult Conversations and Situations Understanding Others Better Free How to Delegate Workbook Delegation doesn't come naturally to most of us. Get a FREE copy of our new How to Delegate workbook when you join the Mind Tools Club before midnight, May 14. Find Out More Return to the top of the page

How to Be Outgoing: 7 StepsEdit Article Help with Being OutgoingMastering the Art of ConversationThinking Positively, Effectively, and ConfidentlyMaking It EasierBeing a Social Butterfly Edited by Troy, Dan McGillen, BrettCapewell, Falcon Strike and 98 others Contrary to popular belief, you do not have to be confident in order to be outgoing. Think about it. You've probably known people who were insecure and outgoing at the same time.5 Ways to Trick Your Body Into Being More AwesomeThe human body is a miracle. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't always be finding ways to game the system to gain a little bit more of an advantage. We've previously shown you how to hack your brain into overdrive and pointed out that your body hides all sorts of secret powers from you. You just have to know how to make it give up its secrets. #5.

GarbologyFeatured Activity: Waste-Less Lunch Lead your students in learning about natural resources used in common packaging materials. Challenge your students to conserve natural resources through their lunch choices. Check out this and other Garbology lessons for the classroom »The Art of Rejection: How to NOT Give Out Your Phone NumberPhoto Credit Everyone recognizes how difficult it is to deal with rejection, but many overlook the fact that having to reject someone can be equally as difficult. In college, there are inevitably going to be scenarios where a guy asks for your phone number and you’re not interested. Allowing yourself to be guilted into giving out your personal information in order to avoid hurting someone’s ego is not the answer. Instead, try one of the strategies below to minimize the awkwardness the next time you want to withhold your digits: Put Safety First